AFRICA IN A QUAGMIRE:

African governments are being faced with combination of demanding problems that other governments are confused.
Heavy combinations of crises facing Africa have put the continent in a state of confusion. The problems notably; famine, droughts, poverty, floods, corruption, government, civil wars and of course the HIV/AIDS pandemic,all thriving for first priority, leaving the governments upset. The HIV/AIDS epidemic is fuelling a widening and increasingly deadly famine in the continent especially in southern Africa according to the new comprehensive update on the global epidemic. According to the report, the African famine is a clear example of how the impact of HIV/ADIS reaches beyond the loss of life and the health care costs traditionally associated with the disease.

More than 14 million people are now at risk of starvation in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Swaziland, Mozambique, Malawi and Lesotho. Six of these predominantly agricultural societies are battling serious AIDS epidemics, with more than 5 million adults currently living with HIV/AIDS, out of the adult population of some 26million (19 percent). These countries also have a total of 600,000 under 15 children living with HIV. The impact of Aids in rural communities has greatly degreased the capacity of the communities to survive famine.

Swaziland alone has 38.6 percent HIV positive adults, up from34.2 percent at the beginning of 2002. As we know, there is a point every country